WoodbridgianWeekly
15 May 2015 | Edited By Michael Streat | Vol 24 No 4 | online at www.woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk
SCHOOL ELECTION RESULT
‘I, Mr Smith, the returning officer for Woodbridge School, give notice for the following 2015
election result:
Candidate Name
Party
Votes
Percentage of votes
Bennett, Brendan
Green Party
56
16.9%
Buckley, Teddie
Conservative Party
113
34.1%
Craggs, Alexander
Meritocracy Party
39
11.8%
Gaydon, Lizzie
Marxist Party
46
13.9%
Gilbert,Vassil
Socialist Party
51
15.4%
Weston, Ben
Labour Party
17
5.1%
331 votes were cast.There were 9 spoiled papers (2.7%). Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Teddie Buckley is duly elected as the MP for the Woodbridge School constituency.As the only constituency
at Woodbridge School, Mr Buckley now commands a majority in the School House of Parliament (fittingly
held in School House) and has a mandate to form a government. Congruatulations Prime Minister.’
JUNIOR CONCERT
This term’s junior concert highlighted once again not only
the astonishing musical talent of some of our juniors,but also
the general level of enthusiasm and skill of the many. With
over 70 performers on strings, brass, woodwind, percussion
and voice, and a wide range of genres represented in a
programme bridging many centuries and styles, this was a
delightful late afternoon concert.
Soloists Brendan Bennett, Charlotte Dinwiddy, Jonny Kajoba, Jennifer Clare and Adam Cubitt deserve
special mention for performances of extraordinary confidence and musicality, but everyone who played
or sang can pat themselves on the back for a job extremely well done. Many congratulations one and all,
and of course to the teachers who helped bring it all together so marvellously on the day; many thanks
also to the audience for supporting so generously the retiring collection to the tune of £264.86 to be
shared between two Nepal disaster aid charities.
ADVENTURES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Year 10 pupil Harrison Cole holds an Organ bursary from the East Anglian Academy of Organ &
Early Keyboard Music. He’s recently participated in two public master-classes - one locally with
Anne Page, on JS Bach, and another at St Giles-in-the-Fields in central London, with Jonathan
Bunney: this was given under the auspices of the Royal College of Organists, on 18th century
English organ music. Earning great praise from both tutors, Harrison is resolved to investigate
both repertoires further.
Harrison isn’t the only Woodbridge School pupil to hold an EAA bursary: Charlie Green is another, and both
of them will appear with current Year 10 pupil Joseph Brierly (cello) and Rosa Gaffney OW (recorders) in a
showcase concert at St Michael’s Church, Framlingham on Sunday 20 September at 3.00pm: to book tickets
and find out more about their adventures on the EAA website – www.eastanglianacademy.org.uk
YEAR 7S TAKE ON SPONSORED WALK CHALLENGE
All strength to the legs of our Year 7s Hope Jerstice, Zoe Newman, Beth Turner, Madeleine
Cheshire, Lauren Wilkes, Neve Walker and Nell Pilkington (and more may yet join the
enterprise…). On 16 May they are embarking upon a trek from Woodbridge School to
Felixstowe in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.
Please support them generously as they seek to complete their near half-marathon distance: visit their Just
Giving page here.
AN EVENING WITH THOMAS SECKFORD
Come and join the Woodbridge and wider Suffolk community to
celebrate the town’s most famous benefactor, Thomas Seckford,
in an evening of music and entertainment at St Mary’s Church
this evening; Friday 15 May.The event will be the first in a series of
celebrations this year to mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas
Seckford’s birth in 1515.
‘An Evening with Thomas Seckford’ will be hosted by the Friends of St
Mary’s Church in partnership with the Seckford Foundation, Choose
Woodbridge and Woodbridge Town Council. The evening will feature the
story of Thomas Seckford and his enduring legacy, which continues to support a variety of causes in
Woodbridge and beyond, followed by a concert of Medieval and Renaissance music from the acclaimed
Colchester Waits, who will perform using ancient instruments including shawms, sackbuts and fiddles.
Doors open for ‘An Evening with Thomas Seckford’ tonight at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets are £10
including refreshments and are available on the door. Entry is free to anyone aged 18 or under. Proceeds
from the event will fund a commemorative plaque next to Thomas Seckford’s tomb in the church.
CSI: WOODBRIDGE
On Friday 24 April, thirty budding crime scene investigators arrived from Year 5 at St Mary’s
School to help us solve a crime.
They were given the following case notes:
- The chemistry lab has been broken into;
- The intruder has moved things around and we think might have stolen something;
- The intruder has also left us a note in code and has also left a glass of drink in the lab;
- The intruder has bypassed the alarm by using a home-made electrical cell from some metal strips and a
lemon;
- We have the profiles of three people who might be the intruder.
The students’ investigations were thorough and they quickly worked out who the culprit was, how they
broke in, what they stole and why. The culprit was swiftly apprehended and the case closed.
Everyone had a great time and we all enjoyed meeting such a bright and enthusiastic group of students.
THE YEAR 8 PLAY: THE GENERAL INSPECTION
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY ONLY: SECKFORD THEATRE 7:30PM
Please come and enjoy with usYear 8’s ‘live’ comedy radio show! The action is set at Woodbridge
School in 1940 on the brink of an invasion during WW2.
Things are bad enough, but then there’s a rumour that the School faces an inspection…
Please note this is a ‘one night only’ treat. We apologise for the incorrect inclusion in the calendar of a second
performance the following night. All welcome, no tickets required.
SPORT
ATHLETICS TRIUMPHS
Many congratulations to our junior (Years7 & 8) and intermediate (Years 9 & 10) teams
on their successes in the ESAA English Schools’ Track and Field Cup at Bury St Edmunds.
Woodbridge School dominated the day, competing against ten other schools. Teams comprise the best
dozen or so pupils in each group for boys and girls, with competitors taking two events each to cover
all the events between them. Distances and times gain points, with the team scoring the most points
qualifying for the next round. It was fantastic news, then, that our strong unbeaten junior girls’ team
won with a total 371 points, Amy Graham scored 55 of these points on her own with 2:32 in 800m and
30m in javelin. Younger sister Sophie scored a further 45 points with 14.2s in hurdles and 26.50m in
javelin. Sarah Barker scored 22 points for her super 1500m run in 5:21 and a PB in high jump.
The Junior boys also won scoring 304 points. Alex Weir-Simmons was top scorer with 39 points thanks
to his 300m in 45.0s and discus throw of 24.43m.Year 7 Daniel Norman was close on his heels with 36
points with 29.2s in 200m and 30.63m in javelin. Oliver Juszt scored 22 points for his throw of 10.71m
in shot.
The intermediate girls finished a creditable third with 297 points. It was a young team, most being Year 9,
and a team further beset by injury and illness. Rosa McInerney followed her success from last week and
selection for the Suffolk team with 38 points scored 1.47m high jump and 14.0s in the hurdles. Georgia
Harrold, returning from injury, scored 23 points for her 100m in 13.3s, while Amelia Brown scored 21
points in discus.
The intermediate boys finished one better in second with 369 points and will have to wait to see if they
have qualified as it depends on the scores from the other first round meet. Abraham Hew scored 45
points with 5.12m in long jump and 25.0s in 200m, and then team mate Felix Kibble stormed in with
24.9s in the next 200m race to show our strength in depth. Oliver Whiting ran a 300m in 41.0s, Henry
Bellhouse threw 11.52m in the shot and Theo Lindsay-Smith leapt to a triple jump of 10.29m.Well done
one and all – great team efforts!
Meanwhile, a few days before, 16 pupils went to the County Track and Field Championships in Bury,
seeking personal bests or qualification for the Suffolk team. All performed excellently, five pupils
particularly as they secured places in the Suffolk team to compete in June: Rosa McInerney jumped
1.50m in high jump, coming second to a club athlete who cleared 1.55m; Oscar Butcher also came
second with 1.55m in the high jump; Sarah Barker ran a very good 1500m coming second in 5:33; Amy
Graham won the 800m in 2:33; and Laura Graham came first in the javelin with a throw of 35.48m and
a close second in discus with a throw of 28.15m. Maddie Craig in the hurdles and Chloe Outen in the
long jump came agonisingly close to joining them, and on another day may well have qualified too. Well
done, though, to all 16.
ROUNDERS
The U14A rounders v St Joseph’s match was a real nail biter and, given it transpired our
girls were up against St Joesph’s Year 10s, the victory was all the sweeter for it!
Great rounders were scored by Flora Johnston, Mollie Biddle, Harriet Spence and Zara Lye, and crucial
half rounders by many others. Add to that some great fielding by Millie Cave (on 4th post), Mia King,
Mollie and Harriet and all the girls can be proud of their performances; moreover their support of each
other is a great example to other schools. And the score? We won 14½-12½!
Wspa Alerts
MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT GARDEN PARTY
A wonderful summer evening with the sound of soft jazz, a glass of Pimm’s and great
company (without the children!). Dinner is a “posh” BBQ followed by disco-dancing. Dress
to impress!
WSPA’s Midsummer’s Night Garden Party will be held in the Abbey Hall on Saturday 13 June 2015 from
6.30pm. Tickets are £25 per person.
A cash bar will be available and carriages will be at midnight.
Booking is on a first-come, first-served basis so please visit wspanet.co.uk/summer-garden-party/
for further information and to book.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Sunday 17 May
Wednesday 20 May
Thursday 11 & Friday 12 June
Woodbridge 10K Round the
Town Race
Y8 Drama: The General
Inspection
Seckford Theatre
7.30pm
Queen’s House Summer Concert
Seckford Theatre
2pm
Tuesday 16 June
Wednesday 17 June
Y10 Lunchtime Recital
Music School
1.40pm
Y9 Lunchtime Recital
Music School
1.40pm